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INDUSTRY & OCCUPATION

Not only has the makeup of the American workforce evolved over the past fifty years as more and more women have sought jobs outside the home, but work itself has changed as the service sector has grown and employment in manufacturing has declined.

Occupation by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 71,394 52.61% 64,306 47.39%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 26,058 19.20% 27,511 20.27%
Management, business, & financial operations: 13,601 10.02% 9,934 7.32%
Management, except farm managers 9,859 7.27% 5,259 3.88%
Farmers & farm managers 60 0.04% 39 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 3,682 2.71% 4,636 3.42%
Business operations specialists 1,914 1.41% 2,325 1.71%
Financial specialists 1,768 1.30% 2,311 1.70%
Professional & related occupations: 12,457 9.18% 17,577 12.95%
Computer & mathematical 3,035 2.24% 1,863 1.37%
Architecture & engineering: 2,977 2.19% 384 0.28%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,283 1.68% 297 0.22%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 694 0.51% 87 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 844 0.62% 633 0.47%
Community & social services 852 0.63% 1,140 0.84%
Legal 553 0.41% 870 0.64%
Education, training, & library 1,625 1.20% 6,184 4.56%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 886 0.65% 925 0.68%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,685 1.24% 5,578 4.11%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,395 1.03% 4,031 2.97%
Health technologists & technicians 290 0.21% 1,547 1.14%
Service occupations: 7,055 5.20% 7,751 5.71%
Healthcare support 144 0.11% 1,353 1.00%
Protective services: 2,478 1.83% 566 0.42%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,851 1.36% 340 0.25%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 627 0.46% 226 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,169 1.60% 2,628 1.94%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,832 1.35% 903 0.67%
Personal care & service 432 0.32% 2,301 1.70%
Sales & office occupations: 14,368 10.59% 25,158 18.54%
Sales & related occupations 9,452 6.97% 7,984 5.88%
Office & administrative support 4,916 3.62% 17,174 12.66%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 63 0.05% 27 0.02%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 12,325 9.08% 518 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 6,833 5.04% 171 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,069 0.79% 27 0.02%
Construction trades 5,730 4.22% 144 0.11%
Extraction 34 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 5,492 4.05% 347 0.26%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 11,525 8.49% 3,341 2.46%
Production 6,405 4.72% 2,410 1.78%
Transportation & material moving: 5,120 3.77% 931 0.69%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 226 0.17% 26 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 122 0.09% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,557 1.88% 373 0.27%
Rail, water & other transportation 208 0.15% 20 0.01%
Material moving 2,007 1.48% 512 0.38%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 71,394 52.61% 64,306 47.39%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 250 0.18% 138 0.10%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 150 0.11% 126 0.09%
Mining 100 0.07% 12 0.01%
Construction 8,615 6.35% 1,135 0.84%
Manufacturing 13,288 9.79% 4,762 3.51%
Wholesale trade 3,819 2.81% 1,282 0.94%
Retail trade 9,217 6.79% 8,986 6.62%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 5,354 3.95% 2,004 1.48%
Transportation & warehousing 3,883 2.86% 1,469 1.08%
Utilities 1,471 1.08% 535 0.39%
Information 1,606 1.18% 1,708 1.26%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 5,155 3.80% 7,634 5.63%
Finance & insurance 4,142 3.05% 6,335 4.67%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,013 0.75% 1,299 0.96%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 6,430 4.74% 5,457 4.02%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 4,249 3.13% 3,787 2.79%
Management of companies & enterprises 67 0.05% 105 0.08%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,114 1.56% 1,565 1.15%
Educational, health & social services: 5,186 3.82% 19,395 14.29%
Educational services 2,442 1.80% 8,117 5.98%
Health care & social assistance 2,744 2.02% 11,278 8.31%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,094 3.02% 4,036 2.97%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 924 0.68% 823 0.61%
Accommodation & food services 3,170 2.34% 3,213 2.37%
Other services (except public administration) 3,070 2.26% 2,938 2.17%
Public administration 5,310 3.91% 4,831 3.56%

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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